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Dramatic School (1938)

Dramatic School poster
Directed by
Robert B. Sinclair
Genre
drama film, comedy film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 17m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman studies at a Paris drama school while dreaming of becoming a serious actress. She gets involved with a wealthy man who pretends to be a poor mechanic to win her heart.

theatricalromanticdramaticlightheartedambitiousmelodramaticcharacter-drivensaccharine

What happens

Dramatic School is a 1938 American romantic drama film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and starring Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshal, Lana Turner, and Gale Sondergaard. Based on the play School of Drama by Hans Székely and Zoltan Egyed, the screenplay was written by Ernest Vajda and Mary C. McCall. The film was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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